Tuesday, July 19, 2011

[Invertebrate • 1994] 6 new Desmoxytes • Review of the Dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923




6 new Desmoxytes
• Review of the Dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923

New Species:
Desmoxytes acantherpestes Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 Thailand
Desmoxytes gigas Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 Thailand
Desmoxytes jeekeli Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 Thailand
Desmoxytes pterygota Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 Thailand
Desmoxytes rubra Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 Thailand
Desmoxytes hostilis Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 Vietnam

Redescription
Desmoxytes taurina (Pocock, 1895) Myanmar





Golovatch, S.I. & Enghoff, H. (1994) Review of the dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Steenstrupia, 20, 45–71.: http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/sites/default/files/Golovatch%20Enghoff%201994%20Desmoxytes_1.pdf